As I watching the news, Billy came running out of his room.  Mommy, there’s something in my room.  He ran to our room and jumped in our bed.  Baden and I looked in his room and didn’t see anything.  Billy was really freaked out.  He was so freaked out that he started freaking me out which made him start to cry.  I asked him what he saw. He said it was orange and had lines.  He said it wasn’t an alligator or an elephant.  I was happy to hear that.  I sent Bill to look in his room and he didn’t see anything, but Billy insisted there was something there.  As he calmed down and we determined that there probably wasn’t anything in his room, I went in to get pajamas. As I was picking up toys, I spied it.  It was definitely orange and it had lines.  It wasn’t an alligator or an elephant or even a donkey like Billy said. It was a ……

The boys and I headed east to Oklahoma last week to visit my mom and dad.  It’s so nice to be able to hop in the car and go visit.  We spent a week with them just hanging out.  Mom and I got a pedicure which has kind of become a tradition for us during our summer visits.  Grandpa taught Billy how to play Bakugan.  Mom and I took the boys bowling. They had a great time.  Billy got a strike and proclaimed I am the best bowler in all of Oklahoma!  He beat me in the second game 114 to 107.  Maybe Wii bowling is paying off.  🙂  We got to eat Bebe’s famous pancakes.  Billy asked me how many pieces he needed to eat and I said 6 because that’s how old you are.  As he was fiddling around and not eating, Grandpa said you better eat your six pieces.  Billy said well you have to eat 100 pieces because that’s how old you are.  Everyone including Dad got a good laugh out of that one.  It was a good week.  I didn’t get to take the camera. Bill took it to scout camp.  I am pleased to say he survived his 17th scout summer camp.

Today was Billy’s graduation from Kindergarten.  What a milestone.  I remember all those months ago in August when I cried when he got on the bus on the first day of school.  Now he is on his way to first grade.  The ceremony was nice with the kids singing songs and then as they crossed the stage they said their name and got a diploma.  It was a great day and I am so thankful I was able to be there along with Bebe (my mom) and Baden.

Six years ago, Bill and I got up really early and headed to the hospital to have our first child.  It was an exciting and a little bit scary, but the end result is great.  Billy turned six today.  We are so blessed to have him in our family.  He is stubborn, but he gives the best hugs and is a good hearted kid.  We had a family party this year with an Ironman cake and Bebe and Grandpa stayed to help celebrate.  Baden didn’t quite understand why Billy was getting to open presents and and he wasn’t, but Billy let him help open a few.  Billy’s favorite present is his “big” Ironman. It talks.  Pretty cool.  He loved all of his presents and told me this is the best birthday ever.  He also got to celebrate at school. I brought cupcakes in and his classmates sang happy birthday to him.  He was blushing, but loved every minute.

When Billy started school, we decided that he should eat school lunch. He is a picky eater and we hoped that by eating lunch at school he would try new things.  He was excited about eating lunch at school and did so for the first month and half.  He did really well with eating different things and even learned that he liked things that he thought he didn’t.  Last week, he begged to bring his lunch to school.  So we picked a day that we knew he wouldn’t eat the main course at school and would get pb&j.  Well he’s been taking his lunch for a week now.  I think it’s the novelty of the lunch box.  I asked him who brought their lunch to school and of course he named his best friend.  Bill told him that he was going to start eating school lunch again and of course there were protests.  I asked him why he wanted to bring his lunch in the first place and he said that one day he had to get chocolate milk instead of white because they ran out.  This apparently put him over the edge.  He said I don’t like chocolate milk so I decided right then and there, I was bringing my lunch!  Well, my boy, I hope they have enough white milk to go around tomorrow because it’s back to the lunch line.